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Like the neo-Darwinist mod el, with in a nar row pop u la tion, very
the punc tu at ed ev o lu tion mod el col - few fos sil tra ces, if any, are left be -
laps es at the out set when faced with hind.
the ques tion of how the first liv ing Close in spec tion shows that this
thing came in to ex is tence. Since a the o ry was pro posed to an swer the
sin gle pro tein can not come in to be - ques tion, of "How can ev o lu tion
ing by chance, or gan isms com posed progress so fast as to leave no fos sil
of tril lions of pro teins can not emerge trace be hind?" In de vel op ing an an -
in a punc tu at ed or grad u al man ner. swer, two fun da men tal as sump tions
At present, the punc tu at ed ev o lu - are made:
tion the o ry main tains that liv ing 1. That ma cro-mu ta tions, wide-
pop u la tions ex hib it no chan ges for rag ing mu ta tions that cause ma jor
long pe ri ods of time, re main ing in a chan ges in ge net ic da ta, pro vid ed
kind of equi lib ri um. According to ad van ta ges for liv ing things and
the claim, ev o lu tion a ry chan ges take pro duced new ge net ic in for ma tion.
place in very brief spa ces of time (See The Macro-Evolution Deceit.)
among very nar row pop u la tions. 2. That nar row an i mal pop u la -
(Equilibrium is thus in ter rupt ed, or tions are ge net i cal ly ad van taged.
"punc tu at ed.") Since the pop u la tion (See Narrow Population.)
is so very small, mu ta tions are Yet both as sump tions con flict
quick ly cho sen by way of nat u ral se - with the sci en tif ic facts.
lec tion, and the emer gence of new
spe cies is thus made pos si ble.
According to this the o ry, a rep tile
spe cies can sur vive for mil lions of
years with out un der go ing any chan -
ges. However, one small group of
rep tiles that some how sep a rates
away from the oth ers is sub ject ed, in
a man ner that is not ex plained, to a
se ries of in tense mu ta tions. The
group evolves rap id ly and soon
turns in to a new rep tile spe cies, or
may be even in to mam mals. Since
this proc ess takes place very quick ly

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